The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional medical records, including chest x-rays and hospitalization records, in order to determine whether the veteran's service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA tuberculosis board reviewed chest x-ray films but did not have all necessary records for a complete review.
- Claimed conditions
- arrhythmia, ischemic cardiomyopathy, intestinal obstruction, chronic carcinoma, chronic renal insufficiency, pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0327135
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for arrhythmia and a bilateral eye disability, but denied service connection for lipoma.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, determining that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's fatal conditions were caused by his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection for various conditions, including arrhythmia and migraine headaches.
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